PURPOSE: Life begins with presence, the ability to be completely here with whatever is arising. This month we begin a series of practices that align with a vibrant way of orienting to life developed by Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D. We experience a taste of Presence....
PURPOSE: Sometimes we benefit from a simple clean up and fill up. Clean up is a way of letting go – of whatever is ready to leave your experience (e.g. literal dirt, or a feeling, thought, or belief). Fill up is a way of receiving whatever nourishes you now and going...
PURPOSE: Developing embodied dignity sustains a vital nutrient and enables us to be present in challenging situations, particularly money situations. PREPARATION: Reflect upon your relationship with dignity. Is dignity something you seek from the outside or cultivate...
PURPOSE: To become familiar with giving appreciation attention and how to practice spontaneous gratitude for others. PREPARATION: Make a declaration to expand appreciation space. Then, commit to appreciating others when the inspiration arises. Minute one: Get willing...
PURPOSE: To release pent up energy-known or unknown-and allow the body to “recalibrate” with more space and flow to serve what matters to you. If you feel stuck and unable to speak your truth, this is a helpful unsticking practice. PREPARATION: Don’t...
PURPOSE: To recognize the difference between understanding an issue cognitively and engaging a practice to make better choices and build new muscles. PREPARATION: Choose play and presence as a new practice to try out. Retrieve blow bubbles and wooden matches – or –...
